Access to justice should be equally available to everyone, regardless of their financial situation. Receiving the legal advice, they need makes a huge difference to people's lives, reducing debt, poverty and homelessness, and combatting discrimination and injustice.

London Legal Support Trust (LLST) works to support law centres and legal advice agencies in London and the Home Counties by providing them with grant funding alongside other forms of support. We offer our knowledge and experience of the sector to help the agencies become more sustainable. We also work with other grant-making bodies.

We are seeking an experienced fundraiser to develop a philanthropic and corporate programme, forging new relationships and building on established connections which exist through our exceptional events programme, and London Legal Walk, which raised £895,000 in 2019.

Do you want to use your excellent communications skills to build relationships with people who can give significant gifts to this inspiring cause? Do you have experience of meeting and exceeding income targets across a range of income streams?  We are looking for someone who can fluence and motivate others, build positive relationships with key stakeholders and work collaboratively throughout the organisation.

Working in a small, friendly and energetic team, you will be able to make a significant contribution from the start. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to have a real impact on the fundraising, communications output, marketing and organising of events. You will work very closely with the CEO of LLST as well as Head of Fundraising and the Events Manager.

We encourage flexible working and part-time options for the right candidates, including job-shares if the right mix of experience can be found.

Evaluation & Impact Analyst
Fixed Term (Until May 2022 - Covering Secondment)
£37,000 - £41,000 per annum (London)
£33,500 - £37,500 per annum (National)

At Macmillan Cancer Support, we want to ensure that the services we provide, the research we produce and the policies we design deliver the best possible outcomes for people affected by cancer.

We are looking for a talented individual to join Macmillan’s Insight & Performance Division, to build our understanding of the changing cancer story. You'll work with the Senior Evaluation & Impact Analyst, Evaluation & Impact Manager and colleagues in Insight and Performance to deliver strategically aligned evaluation projects. You'll manage day to day relationships with academic and commercial evaluation partners, ensure the quality of evaluation projects meets the organisational need, update our evidence base, and share outputs in an accessible and impactful way.

You will need a broad set of skills built firmly on technical evaluation and impact expertise, including data analysis and communicating evidence. You will also have exceptional networking and relationship-management skills. 

Please note that this job posting is for a secondment cover position and will run through May 2022 (specific dates TBC with successful candidate). The location of this role is flexible, either Head Office (Vauxhall, London) or home based in the UK.The role will involve occasional travel to London, and possibly to other parts of the UK, when permissible and appropriate. 

In return for your commitment we will actively develop you and offer benefits including private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave and interest free loans for season ticket and gym membership.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact the Macmillan HR Team.

Supporter Marketing Officer

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London

Salary: £29,678 per annum

Closing date: 25 April 2021

Expected date of interviews: 4 - 7 May 2021

Job ref: VA415

Are you passionate about using creativity, technology and people power to change the world? Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a Supporter Marketing Officer to join our new, award-winning, friendly supporter focused Individual Giving team. You will be working with the Supporter Acquisition Officer and Supporter Marketing Assistant, managed by the Supporter Marketing Manager to develop a busy programme of fundraising appeals and campaigns.

This is an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our next four year strategy. You’ll assist the Supporter Marketing Manager to develop and roll out our fundraising appeals and campaigns strategy, to raise funds. You will also work collaboratively with the Supporter Acquisition Officer and Supporter Marketing Assistant.

The role

· Running and developing: full warm retention programme of supporter marketing activity, including warm appeals, newsletters, raffles, committed giving campaigns, telemarketing, and gift aid campaigns.

· Managing and developing creative campaigns: daily autonomous management of external agencies and projects. As well as managing multiple projects, you will work with the Supporter Marketing Manager to make strategic creative decisions based on data and insights collated from campaign evaluation.

· Fundraising and copywriting:writing donor development newsletters, thank you letters and other ad-hoc campaigns, often working directly with torture survivors to record and communicating their personal experiences, sharing stories from people who have overcome incredible hardships and amplify the voice torture tried to silence.

About you

· Highly proficient use of business IT systems including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and databases.

· You must have great literacy and numeracy skills and the ability to interpret large sets of data, spot trends and make adjustment to reflect insights.

· You will have excellent attention to detail with good copy writing skills and an eye for design and a high level of written and verbal communication skills.

· It’s essential that you are able to prioritise and manage a busy workload managing projects from start to finish within given budgets and work to tight deadlines.

· You must have experience of working with a range of Direct Mail, telemarketing and email marketing techniques.

Big Pluses

· Proven track record of working in a direct marketing team preferably in the charity sector.

· Experience of database targeting, segmentation, testing and response analysis.

· Lived experience of torture.

· Knowledge of GDPR and supporter data compliance

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided. 

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for positive change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Flexible Location with regular travel to London

In2scienceUK is an award-winning impact led organisation founded in 2010 by Dr Rebecca McKelvey, who aimed to provide young people from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to gain practical insight into the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector as well as the knowledge and confidence to progress to degrees and careers.

Since it was founded, In2scienceUK has supported thousands of young people and has engaged hundreds of volunteer researchers and STEM professionals who provide inspiring placements, mentoring, information, guidance and expertise. Internal and external evaluations highlight the proven impact of this inspiring programme which receives over 3000 student applications each year. During COVID-19, we quickly transformed the programme online and we now have an interactive and engaging mentoring, workshop and information sharing platform that going forward will add value to the placement programme.

More recently we have launched our Alumni and in2research programmes. The Alumni programme focuses on boosting employability skills and opportunities for its former students while in2research provides opportunities for young people from under-represented backgrounds to progress into postgraduate research.  

After five highly successful years, Rebecca will be stepping down from the CEO role later this year but is remaining within the organisation to focus on advocacy and advancement.  The organisation has an experienced and passionate team with a good base of funders and partners.  We are now looking for a new CEO who brings with them a new set of skills that will enable us to achieve our ambitions for growth.

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and inspiring leader who knows what it takes to scale up an organisation that is current modestly sized but highly successful and impactful to achieve even greater reach and support more young people from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds to move into STEM.  It may be that you are a CEO currently and looking to be part of an organisation that is going through an exciting period of growth, or you could be operating as a COO or Director and looking to step into your first CEO role.  Whatever your background, you will share our mission to empower people from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential and become the next generation of researchers, innovators and pioneers.

We are committed to building a truly diverse workforce here at In2scienceUK. If you share our commitment to this, bring the skills and leadership qualities we are seeking and are excited by our vision we’d love to hear from you.

This appointment is being handled by our advising consultants, Starfish Search.  To find out more about the role please visit their website via the link below, where you can download a full copy of the candidate pack and apply.

We are working with a wonderful disability charity to recruit a temporary Supporter Care Officer, this role is expected to last 3 months initially with a possible extension. The charity has gone through a period of change and growth and as a result requires additional support within its supporter care team. You will be proactive and able to work with limited supervision.

The successful candidate will be joining a friendly, high performing, fast paced team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has supporter care experience and is looking for their next challenge.

Main duties for the supporter Care Officer:
Process supporter data accurately
Draft all supporter correspondence
Deal with all incoming supporter enquiries
Process donations, via offline and online imports
Liaise with fundraising teams to ensure donations are coded accurately
Work closely with finance team to reconcile donations
Support with fundraising administration when required

You will have:
Previous supporter care experience
Strong data and accuracy skills
Excellent communication and writing skills
Proactive attitude
Problem solving skills
 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Our client, a national charity is looking to recruit a Supporter Care Officer, the charity has gone through a period of change and growth and now requires additional resource within their customer care team. This role will be for an initial 6-month contract with the possibility of moving into a permanent role. The successful candidate will deal with all incoming supporter enquiries, ensuring that excellent customer care is delivered to all existing and prospective supporters.

Duties for the Supporter Care Officer:
First point of contact for all enquiries
Draft thank you and communication emails and letters
Assist the manager with supporter journey projects
Amend records and update Gift Aid status
Process and reconcile incoming gifts
Update donor information and records

You will have:
Previous experience within supporter or customer care
Strong data administration skills
Ability to work from own initiative
A passion and interest for excellent supporter care and communications

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) has around 25,000 members who work in the early years sector, made up of childminders, nannies and nursery workers, we support them to deliver high quality care and early learning through online training, practical help, expert advice and peer support.

We are looking for a super-organised Project Officer to join our team, working to support the Projects Director and other project team members to achieve agreed outcomes. This role is a 2 year fixed term contract (to start asap, ideally April 2021).

To be a successful candidate you must have experience of supporting project implementation and management, gained through use of formal and recognised project management methodology (ideally PRINCE2), experience of collaborative working across teams and be able to quickly develop a detailed understanding of wide ranging and complex issues.

Previous experience of supporting projects and project planning is essential, as is a high level of competence in Microsoft office and high levels of rigour and attention to detail.

Currently this role is home based while Covid restrictions are in place, however normally it would be based at our Head Office in Bromley, Kent.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability, experience and interest for the role  by Friday 16 April 2021.

Key Responsibilities include:

Project design and delivery  

• To assist in project planning.  
• To assist with the production of comprehensive project plans and documentation to enable the project(s) to be managed against a clear set of defined deliverables and milestones.
• To assist with the monitoring, measuring, reviewing and updating project process, adjusting project plans and implementing remedial plans and informing all relevant parties. To support any evaluation of the project and any follow-on action recommendations as required.
• To produce project documentation and support the creation of knowledge libraries with the end goal of using this documentation to train and support the end users.
• To provide support to those involved in the project by defining work and ensuring deadlines are understood and adhered to and that project objectives are clearly articulated and understood.
• To support regular monthly review of project progress including monthly reporting and minutes of meetings
• Engage with project teams including external suppliers on a regular basis to ensure project milestones are achieved and strong partnerships fostered

Support the Projects Director

•  Support the continuous improvement of Project Management toolkits and methodologies
• ·Support project closure including the capture of lessons learned
•  Support project evaluations and continuous improvement
•  Support the review of systems’ effectiveness on a regular basis

Risk Management

• Support the identification of project risks and mitigations and work with the Projects Director and Project managers to implement these as directed
• Support regular reporting on progress, risk and mitigation in respect of agreed key projects
• Support the champion for business process change

General Responsibilites

• Any other duties commensurate with the nature and level of the post, that are required in order to deliver the job’s key responsibilities
• Be self-servicing
• Work within organisational policies, code of conduct and practices

Person Specification: This person specification sets out the essential, minimum qualities we are seeking for this post.  Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the criteria.  You may include voluntary, unpaid and paid work

Required Experience

• Experience of supporting project implementation and management, gained through use of formal and recognised project management methodolog
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries to deliver organisation wide project initiatives 
• Experience in project scoping and preparation of project specifications 
• Experience of delivering project support to others 
• Proven ability to support project teams to ensure they deliver requirements 
• Experience of working collaboratively in order to deliver key objectives in line with business workplan.
• Experience of project planning
• Experience of supporting project e.g. new systems or approach

Required skills and abilities

• Experience of supporting project implementation and management, gained through use of formal and recognised project management methodology
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries to deliver organisation wide project initiatives
• Experience in project scoping and preparation of project specifications
• Experience of delivering project support to others
• Proven ability to support project teams to ensure they deliver requirements
• Experience of working collaboratively in order to deliver key objectives in line with business workplan.
• Experience of project planning
• Experience of supporting project e.g. new systems or approach
• Ability to quickly develop a detailed understanding of wide ranging and complex issues.
• Critical and creative thinking.
• Project managements skills working with a broad range of stakeholders, across departments with different requirements to measure performance
• Ability to build effective working relationships with staff and suppliers.
• A high degree of organisation and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and lead/manage cross functional working
• Ability to problem solve
• High levels of rigour and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage contrasting demands from competing stakeholders
• High level of competence in Microsoft office i.e. excel, word and powerpoint.
• Demonstrate anti-discriminatory practice in all areas of work.

Knowledge

• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
• Able to successfully balance shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Contracting and tendering process

Education/Training

• Professional project management certification (e.g. Prince 2)

Other requirements

• Work flexible hours when business commitments require

PACEY is committed to equality and diversity by building an organisation that makes full use of everyone’s talents, skills and experience and where all people feel they are respected, valued and can achieve their full potential. We believe that this in turn will maximise the efficiency of the organisation.

Do you want to make a real difference to older people in East London?  This is a wide-ranging, customer-facing role to support people with dementia who have just been diagnosed, and their carers, to live as well as they can.

We are looking for an experienced, empathetic Support  and Groups Worker who can use their existing skills and develop new ones working with customers on a one to one and groups basis as part of a small, forward thinking, professional team.

The role will involve supporting existing Zoom Groups, re-starting our face to face peer support sessions, outreach, and one to one contact with clients, including managing your own caseload.

Strong written and verbal communications skills are required, as well as the ability to use online conferencing programmes, and the confidence to work with people from very diverse backgrounds.

Applicants should submit a cv and covering letter explaining how they meet the person specification in the Job Description.

Flexible location to be based in one of Shelter's England Community Hubs

Closing date: Monday 3rd May 2021 at 11.30pm

Come and join us
We’re looking for passionate individuals with personal experience of multiple disadvantage such as homelessness, the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance misuse, to come and join us and make a difference to the way we do things. If you believe that people should have a say in their own support and that they should be at the front of making meaningful change then this could be the traineeship for you. 

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the role
This is a great opportunity to work with a lead provider of homelessness and housing advice and support and gain invaluable experience while being part of an exciting new programme. The traineeship lasts 12 months and you will receive personalised training and support to help remove some of the barriers that may have prevented you from getting meaningful employment. You’ll be based in a small team that is part of our stories gathering function, recruiting people from within services and outside the organisation to share their experiences to support our fundraising, media, services, campaigning, research and brand work. As well as making contact with people willing to share their stories, you’ll be able to listen to someone’s experience and write a summary of their story. 
 
Once your traineeship is complete, we will evaluate your placement, with the aim of securing you employment in the future.

About you
We are looking for people who have experience of overcoming personal challenges and barriers and who are passionate about using their own life experiences to help make positive change for others. Good communication skills and the ability to make people feel heard will also be essential. Basic computer skills, e.g. word processing, the internet and email would be useful, but support can be provided. Above all, we need people with a real desire to develop personally and learn new skills.

How to apply: To apply you need to submit a copy of your CV and a supporting statement, this can be submitted either using our online application form, or you can submit a paper copy. When completing your supporting statement please make sure you give an example for each of the criteria listed in the knowledge and skills section below. If you don’t have a CV or you need some help with this, please join us for a Zoom application support session or contact us using the details below.
 

We will be holding support sessions on Zoom to give people practical support and advice on how to complete an application. These sessions will also give you the chance to find out more about the role as well as other opportunities for involvement at Shelter. These will take place on the following dates:

We encourage all applicants to attend a session before applying. You can drop in for part of the session or all of it, the links are below. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Darren de Vally, National GROW Programme Co-ordinator.

Thursday 22nd April - National support session 1 -  https://zoom.us/j/92110856936?pwd=VEt1Vkp3QlJ0NFh2azA0STRaTGJyUT09

Monday 26th April - National support session 2 -  https://zoom.us/j/92661558386?pwd=a0tNQm94a1dVenM0NWRJMCs1K1hpQT09

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
 
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career. If you feel you have the necessary lived experience, please apply and draw this out as much as you can in the application to increase your chances of being invited to interview.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
 
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Supporter Acquisition Officer

 Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London

Salary: £29,678 per annum

Closing date: 25 April 2021

Expected date of interviews: 4 - 7 May 2021

Job ref: VA419

Are you passionate about using creativity, technology and people power to change the world? Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a Supporter Acquisition Officer to join our new, award-winning busy Supporter Experience team. This is a new role in which you will lead and develop effective marketing campaigns for donor acquisition.

This is an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our next four year strategy. You’ll work closely with the Supporter Marketing Manager to create and sign off projects as well as the Supporter Experience Manager and the Supporter Marketing Officer on the development of the overall donor journey.

The role

It’s a busy and exciting, creative role within a supportive team who are always open to new ideas.

You will work with agencies to test new ideas and creative to develop our acquisition campaigns, which run across many different channels including face to face, cold direct marketing such as inserts, telemarketing, TV, radio and social media.

You will have an integral role in the development of an integrated Individual Giving strategy that recruits, retains, and reactivates supporters, maximising their lifetime value and delivering a great supporter experience. All of this will be underpinned by research, analysis and data.

Working with the Insight and Data Manager you will provide campaign reviews to evaluate existing campaigns and help plan for future ones. With a strong start to our new face to face programme we hope to attend even more festivals and events so there may be some need to travel out of London and even go to some festivals!

About you

· You must be highly proficient in the use of business IT systems including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and databases.

· You will need a high level of literacy and numeracy to manage the multiple project schedules, budgets and external suppliers.

· It’s key that you have demonstrable experience of managing projects from start to finish within given budgets and working to tight deadlines.

· You will use your high level of written and verbal communication skills to engage with a wide range of audiences.

· You will be adept in interpreting large sets of data, spotting trends and making adjustments in accordance with insights learned.

· You will have an eye for design, excellent attention to detail and good copy writing skills.

· You must be able to prioritise and manage a busy workload and work to deadlines.

The big pluses

· Proven track record of working in a direct marketing team preferably in the charity sector.

· Lived experience of Torture.

· Experience of database targeting, segmentation, testing and response analysis.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided. 

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for positive change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies.

Victim Support in London is looking for a highly motivated individual to join their team as a Case Information Officer to support the delivery of the London Victim and Witness Service.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The main purpose of the role is to support the provision of high quality holistic support to all victims and witnesses of crime referred to Victim Support whether by the Police another agency or self-referred.

The role of the Case Information Officer is integral to the processing of referrals, liaising with Witness Care Unit's and other criminal justice agencies to ensure victims & witnesses are kept fully up to date with the progression of their case by passing on relevant information to caseworkers within the London Victim and Witness Service and updating Victim Support's case management system.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of supporting service delivery in a statutory, voluntary or community work setting and experience of undertaking administrative tasks in an efficient and methodical way. Experience and/or knowledge of the Criminal Justice System is desirable.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

As part of a small, ambitious team you will be both proactive and reactive, producing engaging content that will help raise the profile of Good Law Project and its work with key audiences. You will be creative, deliver new insights and draw relevant conclusions that will help us influence the debate and turn up the dial on scrutiny. This role will report to our Head of Communications.

Key responsibilities:

• Draft copy to feature on our website and social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

• Manage the Good Law Project Twitter account, with support from Head of Communications.

• Help triage the press inbox and press line. 

• Help draft press releases and comments for media stories.

• Help maintain and build relationships with relevant contacts in media, politics and the third sector.

• Provide briefing materials for key audiences on top lines and angles that emerge out of the information and documents uncovered in the course of our litigation. 

• Weekly and daily monitoring of parliamentary affairs and ad hoc research tasks.

• Provide planning and event management support for Good Law Project public facing and supporter events e.g. panel discussions, workshops and roundtables.

• Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the role.

Peace Direct is an international charity with a big mission: to work with local people to stop violence and build sustainable peace in some of the world's most conflict affected countries. More than that, we want to change the international system so that it better supports the role that local people and communities play in preventing violence and building and sustaining peace.

As Senior Programme Finance Officer, you will be part of the Finance and Operations team where you will be responsible for ensuring that the financial aspects of Peace Direct’s grants are well managed and aligned with wider organisational processes and systems. You will also be responsible for ensuring that programme budgets and financial reports meet high standards of transparency and accountability, as well as supporting the Peace Direct Finance team with other internal financial processes. You will be be communicating and working closely with the colleagues from the Programmes and Research team, those from the Finance and Operations team as well as Peace Direct's local partners around the world, so excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential. We also have very demanding donors and we are responsible for some large, multi-year, multi-country, multi-partner programmes that are being implemented in some of the most volatile contexts in the world. Managing this level of complexity requires a very special skill set! Not only are we looking for someone with excellent financial management and analysis skills but we are also looking for someone with excellent problem solving skills, patience, humility and first rate organisational skills who is able to manage multiple priorities.

The successful candidate will be a part qualified or fully qualified accounts with a minimum of two years’ experience in charity finance, ideally with an international organisation and so will be familiar with managining mutiple currencies and the challenges of supporting overseas programmes. We are also looking for someone who is creative, calm and adaptable even under the most challenging of circumstances. The work we support around the world is based in some of the most volatile contexts, and things often don't go according to plan. We are looking for people who thrive under these situations.

While the post is based in our London office, we have closed our office due to Covid and do not expect to reopen it until June 2021. Therefore the successful candidate will be expected to work from home until June at the earliest. 

Peace Direct strives to be a diverse and inclusive employer, with equality of opportunities regardless of personal identity, and we are committed to improving our systems and ways of working to support this, including creating a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) working group, DEI strategy and recruitment guidelines. We strongly encourage individuals from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and people with mental health challenges.

The deadline for applications is Friday 30th April; however due to the urgent need to fill this post, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Only completed applications will be accepted and only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered (we do not yet hold a Home Office visa sponsor license and so cannot accept applications from people who don't already have the right to work in the UK). The application form and Job Description are available on Peace Direct’s website. 

Peace Direct works hard to ensure its staff have a good work life balance and feel valued. Some of the benefits we have include:

• 25 days annual leave not including the office closing between Christmas and New Year.
• Stakeholder Pension with Peace Direct contributing 6%
• An interest free season ticket loan for the purchase of a commuter season ticket
• Flexible working hours
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave pay (12 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay)
• Training budget available for all staff (we have secured ‘Investors in People’ accreditation and are committed to the development and support of all staff).
• A warm and friendly work environment!

Communications and Engagement Officer

Salary: £25,500 - £28,560 pa + 6% pension

Employment type: Two Year Fixed Term, 21 hours per week

Location: Haringey

Closing date: Wednesday, 22/04/2021, 12 noon

Interviews:  Thursday, 29/04/2021

Do you have excellent communications, community engagement and research experience? Do you have experience of creating content for and maintaining a website, social media channels and engagement skills to reach diverse audiences?

The Bridge Renewal Trust and consortium partners have secured a £750,000 contract to deliver targeted interventions to tackle violence in the Tottenham Hale ward area as part of the GLA Violent Reduction Unit’s flagship My Ends programme.

We are currently recruiting a creative and versatile Communications and Engagement Officer to help develop and deliver a high-impact communications strategy, raising awareness of the service and supporting our community engagement activities.

We are looking for someone who is: creative and innovative; skilled in content development and copywriting for a range of audiences and is able to organise a variety of community engagement events; has good knowledge and experience of engaging diverse communities through different communications channels including face to face and social media.

The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills; and will be proficient in the use of a range of software including MS Office, MS Teams, Zoom, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, Mailchimp and Eventbrite.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive organisation where we value and reward the performance of our staff.

To apply, please email your CV with contact details of two referees, a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification and completed equal opportunities monitoring form.

For a full job description, please visit the Bridge Renewal Trust website.